"All Summer in a Day"

Which details describe the setting of the story?

• A school room on Earth on a rainy day

• A school room on Venus where is rains constantly

• A ruined civilization on a distant planet

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Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• Rain falls for seven years

• Scientists study the rain

• The characters live on Venus

What does Margot's poem about the sun suggest?- "I think the sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour"

• The sunshine only lasts for one hour

• Venus's sun is actually a flower

• The sun helps flowers grow

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What is the conflict between Margot and her classmates?

• Margot thought she was better than everyone else because she lived on Earth

• Margot remembered the sun and her classmates didn't

• Margot was crazy and her classmates were scared of her

Which line creates the gloomy/dreary mood at the beginning of the story?

• "...and this was the schoolroom of the children..."

• "...the sweet crystal fall of showers..."

• "A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousands times to be crushed again."

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The reader can infer the reason Margot refuses to take a shower is-

• she hates to shower in public

• she likes being dirty

• the rain is driving her crazy

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CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.8.1

How does the setting create the conflict for Margot?

• She is depressed from missing the sun

• She misses her old friends from Earth

• The rain has made her physically sick

What do the other children do to Margot as a result of their dislike of her?

• They lock her in a closet so she won't see the sun

• They make fun of her

• They beat her up

What changes do the children first notice when they go outside?

• the whistling wind and the dark sky

• the immense silence the and blazing blue sky

• the green jungle and the beautiful tulips

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When the sun is out, the children-

• laugh and play in the sunshine

• cry and hide inside

• get sunburns

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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